Editor doesn't handle utf-8 characters

[guttormvik]

Looks like you don't handle utf-8 yet, and I could not find any config for it
I have an Omega in a comment at the start of my scripts to help editors (ie pl sql developer) pick the right character set, and it comes out as: Ω

I assume it is on the block, but I thought I should mention it, since it prevents me from trying to use this as my daily driver

 

[Marco Kalter]

Files with utf-8 currently require an UTF8 BOM header in the source file. The next alpha release will automatically detect utf-8 characters in your source files.

 

[guttormvik]

Thanks for the quick reply.
Never understood the use of BOM in UTF-8 files. Much of the point of UTF-8 is that tools that doesn't understand UTF-8 will just see a regular stream of 8-bit characters.
In our context it is important that SQL*Plus doesn't understand it.

Guttorm

 

[guttormvik]

Just one more input on this issue:

wikipedia

The Unicode Standard permits the BOM in UTF-8, but does not require or recommend its use

Guttorm

 

[Marco Kalter]

Noted. Alpha 3 will cover all of this.